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9 The first of four digits that would win $100,000 for someone on Saturday drew a mix of cheers and boos. Mike Weller, who announced the prize drawings at the Bonanza Extravaganza at Hagerstown Speedway, moved on to the next number. 2 More cheers, more jeers. Rain was pouring all around the cavernous white tent, but not inside, where eyes were fixed on the winning plastic balls. 8 After a smattering of reactions, Weller moved on to the last number ... 1 Weller repeated the winning sequence - 9281.

WASHINGTON COUNTY -- Ryan Myers' family traced the arc of his young life -- from vibrant child to daredevilish adult to businessman in training -- at his funeral on Tuesday. His father, LeRoy E. Myers Jr., a state delegate, said many knew Ryan as someone who lived full throttle. The exterior was tough, but "underneath you had a sweet and tender spirit," LeRoy Myers said, speaking to hundreds of mourners at the Tri-State Fellowship church on Cearfoss Pike, near Hagerstown. Ryan Myers, 23, of Clear Spring, died Thursday when he crashed his motorcycle on Md. 63. He was run over by a tractor-trailer that was pulling out of a truck stop.

Two teens assaulted Two teenage boys were assaulted Saturday night at the intersection of Scarlet Oak Drive and Maple Leaf Court in Halfway, the Washington County Sheriff's Department said. Two teenage boys and three teenage girls are suspected in the assault, police said. The victims said that just before 7 p.m. the five teenagers, who were in a light blue Pontiac Sundance, assaulted them. The victims said the vehicle pulled over while they were walking along Lincoln Avenue, and the two boys got out, police said.

gregs@herald-mail.com WASHINGTON COUNTY - Health officials said they would continue to prohibit swimming in Antietam Creek today and would discourage other creek uses, two days after partially treated sewage was released into the creek. The City of Hagerstown Waste Water Treatment Plant off Frederick Street suffered a power outage Sunday between 6:20 a.m. and 11:40 a.m., releasing approximately 2.7 million gallons of water that had not been treated to kill bacteria, said City Water and Sewer Department Manager David Shindle.

A fiberglass-bodied hatchback with a burbling V-8, pop-up headlights and "gull-wing" doors sounds like a high-performance exotic that can't miss. However, the car in question is the Bricklin SV-1, a quirky, yet affordable-for-the-time Canadian-built coupe that lasted less than two years before disappearing under a deluge of debt and disappointment. Much has been said and written about just how big a failure the Bricklin turned out to be. But the idea behind this GT-style sports car was actually ahead-of-its-time brilliant.

One killed in accident on I-81 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - One person was killed in an accident on Interstate 81 Friday evening, according to a Franklin County emergency dispatcher. Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg and the Fayetteville Fire Department were still on the scene of the accident about 10 p.m. Officials from each agency said they could not provide any information. Girl struck while on bike out of hospital A 9-year-old girl who was struck by a sport-utility vehicle while riding her bicycle Thursday has been released from Washington County Hospital, but Hagerstown Police had not found the driver as of Friday night.

Being the host of a popular TV show has its ups and downs, just as life does off the box. But adventure seems to be a way of life for Courtney Hansen. Take a recent brush with the law as she was picked off in her speeding vehicle. "The officer said, 'What are you doing lady?'" Hansen recently recalled on her fan Web site. "I replied, 'Officer, I host a car show called Overhaulin' and I'm late.'" After a good long stare, the officer smiled and replied: "Get to work. And, by the way, would you like to go to a NASCAR race this weekend?"

January Jan. 4 - The Washington County Commissioners sue the Hagerstown City Council, in an effort to keep the city from getting any bigger. In related legal news, County Commissioner Bill Wivell sues himself to find out what he knows about deposed Economic Development Chief John Howard, but the case is dismissed by Judge Donald Beachley, who cites Wivell's Fifth Amendment right to refuse to testify against Wivell. Jan. 5 - Following Del. Cas Taylor's November defeat at the polls, Maryland House of Delegates maintenance workers begin the arduous task of removing Taylor from the House Speaker's office with a water cannon.